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  • Despite global pledges on vaccine supply, only 7% of Africa's population is vaccinated.
    Fix the global vaccine rollout or face even worse COVID variants, experts warn
    The world has "lost the plot" on equitable vaccine access and is falling far short of targets to vaccinate the global south, according to scathing assessments from experts.
  • "Coffee nerd, MC and entrepreneur" Bartholomew Jones holds a green, yet-to-be-roasted coffee bean at his North Memphis storefront, Cxffeeblack.
    East Africa is responsible for America's favorite morning brew
    America owes its favorite beverage to East Africa, says a Memphis coffee shop owner whose trip to Ethiopia transformed his understanding of the beverage.
  • 'A Year With Frog And Toad'
    From 5 Plays To See In San Diego In October (KPBS feature): Is there anything more wholesome than Arnold Lobel's delightfully unlikely though unconditionally devoted friends, Frog and Toad? This Willie Reale adaptation of the beloved children's books is a musical journey through the seasons, and marks Junior Theatre's return to their usual intensive youth performances. In a way, there's no better choice than Frog and Toad to hold our hands as we face an ever-changing world full of seemingly insurmountable differences. Directed by SDJT's artistic director Desha Crownover. COVID information: Pod-based seating. Proof of vaccination or proof of negative PCR test within 72 hours. Children under 12 are welcome while seated with vaccinated adults in a pod. Masks required indoors. --Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the theater: Based on Arnold Lobel’s beloved children’s books, "A Year with Frog and Toad" is a musical tale of two unlikely friends: the cheerful Frog, and curmudgeonly Toad. Frog and Toad take a musical journey through four colorful seasons along with their friends Snail, Turtle, and the Birds, as they enact many adventures, from rushing down a hill in a runaway sled in the winter to taking a picnic and a quiet moment in the summer. Frog and Toad discover that the differences that make them unique are also what makes their friendship so special. Oct. 29, 2021 – Nov. 14, 2021
  • A Neanderthal skeleton on display in 2018 at the Musee de l'Homme in Paris. Researchers extracted DNA from bones found in Russia to learn more about how their communities were organized.
    Genetic sequencing gives us the first-ever look at a Neanderthal clan
    "You know, this image of Neanderthals being brutes, is not quite accurate," says paleogenticist Laurits Skov. "The more we learn about them, the more like humans they appear to be."
  • Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley is introducing legislation that would create an independent clemency board, which has been a priority of many criminal justice reform advocates.
    House Democrats are introducing a bill to overhaul the clemency process
    A group of House lawmakers are proposing legislation that would take the clemency process out of the Justice Department and create an independent clemency board.
  • This picture taken on April 30, 2013 in Geneva shows a 1992 copy of the world's first web page.
    A Look Back At The Very First Website Ever Launched, 30 Years Later
    The world's first website, which contained information about the World Wide Web itself, was created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee and published 30 years ago today.
  • Montana lawmakers on Friday passed a bill to ban TikTok over the app's suspected connections to the Chinese government.
    Montana becomes 1st state to approve a full ban of TikTok
    Montana's bill goes farther than bans in nearly half of the states that target devices on state-issued devices. Instead, Montana's legislation makes it illegal for anyone to download TikTok.
  • People wait in line at a walk-up vaccination site in Washington, D.C., in November 2021.
    What lessons have we learned from the COVID pandemic?
    The nonpartisan Covid Crisis Group has released its investigative report, titled "Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report." This is what it found.
  • The Supreme Court said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. must testify before a Georgia grand jury.
    Supreme Court says Lindsey Graham must testify in grand jury Georgia election probe
    He's been subpoenaed for questioning later this month about allegations that then President Donald Trump tried to interfere with Georgia's ballot count after the 2020 election.
  • Haoua Ali Beta is a new kind of refugee. She left her home in Cameroon, where she was a farmer, not just because of climate change but because the dwindling supply of water sparked deadly conflict. Now living in a refugee camp in neighboring Chad, she is philosophical about this drastic move: "You obviously have to accept whatever you are given."
    A new kind of climate refugee is emerging
    They flee their homes not solely because of climatic changes that make it difficult to earn a living but also because of violence sparked by the competition for dwindling resources.
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